SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT: 

MISERY IS GOOD! – FROM REDSTATE:   They’re never going to let you go.  The Biden administration is still coasting on the vaccine rollout developed by the Trump administration, but according to Joe Biden’s Press Secretary Jen Psaki, we’re still in for “months and months” of suffering and sacrifice.  “We need to remain vigilant…It’s still going to be months and months of sacrifice, of work, of suffering, unfortunately, in order to get through the pandemic,” Psaki said during Monday’s press briefing.  As of this writing, the vaccination rate in America is 1.7 million a day, making it the world leader. This rate alone does not indicate “months and months” of suffering and sacrifice are needed in order to make sure Americans will be safe from the pandemic.  Moreover, the additional precautions such as the “mask mandates” Psaki said are coming down the line aren’t going to help the situation, especially when you have states like Florida showing up the rest of America with its thriving economy and a near-total absence of lockdown procedures or mask requirements. Meanwhile, states like California have nearly draconian measures and have a ruined economy and extensive infection rate.  I really do believe that the leftists love suffering, and poverty too, and surely high crime rates.  All these things require programs, the kind where government money is sent to local leaders, and tends to stay there.  The worse things get, the more programs are called for.  What a business.

INTELLIGENT LIFE IN FRISCO? – FROM THE NEW YORK POST:  San Francisco has made a stunning about-face, walking back a controversial decision to scrub 44 “racist” names from its schools — including George Washington and Abraham Lincoln — after the move drew nationwide ire and was criticized for being based on flawed information without insight from historians.  “I acknowledge and take responsibility that mistakes were made in the renaming process,” the president of San Francisco’s School Board Gabriela López wrote on Twitter Sunday. “Reopening will be our only focus until our children and young people are back in schools. We’re cancelling renaming committee meetings for the time being.”  In late January, the school board voted 6-1 to rename schools honoring “racist” historical figures like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Paul Revere and replace them with people who didn’t aid or abet slavery, genocide or human rights abuses.  The move was widely criticized as a symptom of cancel culture and for being based on misinformation and “casual Google searches” without the input of historians.
Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco was set to have its name changed.  The board was also widely panned for focusing on renaming when kids were still attending remote school with no end to virtual learning in sight.  Let's see how long this lasts.  Apparently, some grown-ups stepped in.  But they are in short supply in San Francisco politics, so we shouldn't be sure the battle is won. 

February 22, 2021